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2296
Ἀνεπίπληκτος
unrebukable, beyond criticism
[Meaning someone] whom nobody rebukes as a sinner.
Eupolis
[sc. uses the word].
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3227
Ἁπλήγιος
single-garmented
With rough breathing, [meaning] simple. And
Eupolis
in Cities [writes]: "he is not a busybody but single-garmented." Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a(plhgi/s, a garment of moderate size. In Anagyros Aristophanes [writes]: …
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217
Ἀγῆλαι
to celebrate, to glorify
[Meaning] to honor a god with celebrations. Thus
Eupolis
in Demes [writes]: "now we too should dedicate to these the twin woolly wreaths and approach in celebration. Hail everyone, we welcome [you]!" Aristophanes in …
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521
Ἀδραμύτειον
Adramyteion
Thus [writes]
Eupolis.
But also [sc. attested is] Adramytenos; and Thucydides [writes] Atramytteion.
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732
Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλία
Athenians' ill-counsel
… badly to good; and this was a local saying. Also
Eupolis
[writes]: "better to be prosperous than to think well." And Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "for they say that ill counsel comes to this …
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1052
Ἀλλὰ γάρ
but for all that
Instead of "but".
Eupolis
[sc. uses the idiom]. "But for all that, despondent men never yet set up a trophy." The proverb [is used] in reference to those who because of despondency are unable …
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1446
Ἀλφάνει
brings in, yields, fetches [a price]
… when the herald told me: this one's fetching a price."
Eupolis
in Taxiarchs [writes]: "won't one of the archers hurry and announce her, [to see] if she'll fetch a price." And the Poet [writes]: …
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1785
Ἀμφορεαφόρους
amphora-bearers, amphora-carriers
… a tasting-cup, and then hire yourself out as an amphora-bearer."
Eupolis
in Catamite [writes]: "and we go about and [he is] carrying a tribe [as] amphora." An amphoreus, then, [is a] vessel, measure, jar. …
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1808
Ἀναβλυστωνῆσαι
to gush forth
[Meaning] to spout up.
Eupolis
in Demes [sc. uses the word]. The comic poets do everything like this (?)in jest. Also [sc. attested is] a)nablustwnh=sai [in the sense of] to sprout forth.
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1844
Ἀναγχιππεῖν
to be forced to ride a horse
Meaning to serve in the cavalry under compulsion.
Eupolis
[sc. uses the word].
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2058
Ἀναρρύει
draws back the head
Meaning [he/she/it] sacrifices and slaughters [sc. a sacrificial victim].
Eupolis
[uses the word]. And the sacrifice [itself is an] epanarrhysis. Also [sc. attested is] Anarrhysis, [the] chief day of the Apatouria. [The] Apatouria is …
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2122
Ἀναφλασμόν
masturbation
[Meaning] Aphrodisiac pleasures.
Eupolis
in Autolycus [sc. uses the word]. And [the related verb] a)nafla=n [is] what they used to say for relieving the penis.
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2234
Ἀνεκάς
upwards
… what they say for up, and a)ne/kaqen [is] from above.
Eupolis
in Autolycus [writes]: "and you, disgusting, lifted up your leg." Crates in Heroes [writes]: "[bring up] your neck from the earth, looking up …
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2282
Ἀνεῴγεισαν
they have been opened
… door." In Thessalian Girl: "and he opened the little jar."
Eupolis
in Cities: "me, I never opened [it] for mortals." And Pherecrates in Frivolous Men: "for nobody welcomed [me], or even opened the door …
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2434
Ἀνήρρησεν
took himself off, went quite away
… scarcely took themselves off, we worn-out old men are nothing."
Eupolis
in Cities [sc. says this].
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2684
Ἀντιμάχου καταπυγοσύνης ἀναπλήσει
he will fill [you] with the buggery of Antimachos
… known as Psekados. And a fourth, a banker, of whom
Eupolis
makes mention in Demoi. A fifth [is] a historiographer.
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3332
Ἀποκαθεύδουσιν
they sleep away
Meaning they sleep apart [a)pokoitou=sin].
Eupolis
[sc. uses this word]. That is, a wife is separated from her husband and avoiding [him].
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3468
Ἀποπάτημα
turd, shit
[Meaning] the same thing [as] dung.
Eupolis
in Golden Race [writes]: "for what is that man? A turd [and] a fox." Cratinus in Runaway Slaves [writes]: "and when I found Kerkyon shitting on the …
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3672
Ἀπώμοτον
abjured
… also impossible. "Why is the deed abjured for the Athenians?"
Eupolis
in the Cities [sc. writes this]. Also [note that] a)pw/moton does not come from w)mo/ths ["cruelty"], and [nor does] e)co/mnusqai ["to abjure"].
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3789
Ἀργύρειος σταυρός Ἀργυρίδιον
silver cross
… a)rguri/dion ["a bit of silver"], [used] as we [use it].
Eupolis
in Demes [writes]: "me, I carried away a bit of silver". But a)rgu/rion [is what] they call the small coin, as Aristophanes [shows] …
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3974
Ἁρμογή
arrangement
As we [use this word].
Eupolis
in Goats [writes]: "I myself sought this arrangement long ago."
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4396
Ἀτρύφερος
simple
The term [occurs] in
Eupolis'
Bathers. "Because he is a man neither simple nor ugly."
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144
Βασιλεὺς μέγας
Great King
… a tyrant, and [others do the same with] Dionysios; and
Eupolis
calls Peisistratos a king. And kings [are also called] tyrants.
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173
Βαστάσας
having raised up
Meaning having approved as fit.
Eupolis
[writes]: "come on now, do you want to hear the composition of an ode or something in the ancient mode? You will say both. But I, after listening, …
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756
Διασκευαζόμενα
items being furnished
Eupolis,
an Athenian, a comic poet, wrote [of someone] furnishing such-and-such items. Also [sc. attested is] to furnish, meaning to provide. Perhaps.
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425
Χωλός
crippled, lame
… is applied] both to a foot and to a hand.
Eupolis
[writes]: "because you [are] really crippled in the hand." And the Attic[-speakers use the word] kulloi/ ["deformed"] for the feet and hands alike. …
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471
Χρή
it is necessary
… the subjunctive, is perispomenon; it means [the same as] de/h|.
Eupolis
in Goats [writes]: "I will pay the wage, whatever may be necessary." But xrh=n with the nu is past and perispomenon, [meaning] it …
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37
Αἰγιάζειν
to talk of goats
… Since all ancient comment stems from a contextless line in
Eupolis
(see next note), other interpretations are possible, e.g. to goat around. [1]
Eupolis
fr. 2 Kock, now 3 Kassel-Austin, which if Photius is …
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2633
Ἀντερώμενος
loving in return
The headword participle, as Pollux 3.72 points out, occurs in
Eupolis
(fr. 398 Kock, now 428 K.-A.).
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178
Βάταλος
Batalos, Batalus
… beta 177. Harpokration, under this entry, cites the comic poet
Eupolis
for 'batalos' as 'anus'. For "Argas" see under alpha 3760, and for further reference to Demosthenes' nicknames see delta 454.
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